Creating A World That Works For Everyone! - The Advocacy Center
Creating A World That Works For Everyone! - The Advocacy Center
Creating A World That Works For Everyone! - The Advocacy Center
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C H A N G E F O R T H E I N D I V I D U A L<br />
Preparing Adults for Competitive Employment<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Advocacy</strong> <strong>Center</strong> hosted Dr. Lou Brown, who presented on “<strong>The</strong><br />
Quest for Ordinary Life: Preparing Individuals with Disabilities to<br />
Function Productively in the Real <strong>World</strong> of Work” to an audience of<br />
two hundred individuals on October 20, 2011.<br />
Pictured at left are Elizabeth Campbell and Dr. Lou Brown.<br />
“This conference was very informative and gave me<br />
many new perspectives and experiences from others.”<br />
Success from the Start Conference<br />
-Success from the Start conference participant<br />
“It’s never too early to start planning” was the message at a conference<br />
presented by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Advocacy</strong> <strong>Center</strong> and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School<br />
of Education at St. John Fisher College on September 24, 2011. <strong>The</strong><br />
conference, titled “Success from the Start: Strategies for the Journey to<br />
Adulthood,” featured keynote speaker, Dr. Loujeania Bost, Director of<br />
the National Dropout Prevention <strong>Center</strong> for Students with Disabilities<br />
at Clemson University. Over one hundred participants attended.<br />
Pictured at left are Courtney Dolan, lunch keynote speaker; Paul Shew,<br />
Executive Director; and Dr. Loujeania Bost, keynote speaker.